Saturday, February 15, 2014

Saturday's Critters #11

Hello, I am happy to see some new blogging friends linking up with my Saturday Critter party.. I do appreciate all my blogging friends. If you have a critter post new or old, I hope you will link up and join in on the fun.

February 14-17 is the Great Backyard Bird Count.. It is a Citizen Science Project organized by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. If you are interested in counting your birds and reporting the numbers of birds here is the link and more info gbbc.birdcount.org . It is fun to do and fairly easy. I have been participating for years now.

My yard has been very active with the Cardinals, how many do you see? Also seen in the photo are some WT Sparrows and the Dark-eyed Juncos.

I will be doing my count in my backyard, even though you can count just about anywhere there are birds. In the shot above are the male Cardinal, female Cardinal and a Carolina Chickadee.

I sprinkle bird seed along the deck railing and throw some down on the deck for the ground feeder birds. If you look closely and even enlarge the photo you will see more birds along the railing. They in the tree, on the deck and feeders.

Above on the far left is a Junco, Sparrow, Cardinal and a few more House Sparrows and a White-throated Sparrow. Thank you for joining my Saturday's Critters and I hope you enjoyed my post.

HI Eileen How wonderful to see so many birds in your backyard and well done for keeping up the food for them. Now I counted 15 Cardinals!! I love the last shots with the snow and the birds seen through it. Thanks for hosting.

Hey, Birds everywhere in your yard and beyond Eileen. What a fantastic job you do in keeping all those hungry birds from starving in the cold weather. Love the Cardinals scattered through that winter tree.

I got 15 cardinals in the pic...how many did you count? Just wondering.

Here at our house, we do well to see 3 or 4 cardinals at one time, but when I was a kid/teenager, we fed then in the winter and it was just like in your first pick. Could count a dozen or more of just the males.

The cardinals are simply gorgeous in the snow.... thank you for taking part in the bird count... and for all you do to help educate us in birding, for this wonderful meme, and for all your beautiful posts.

Weather really beautiful pictures and especially the beautiful red cardinals are beautiful. The sparrows do themselves well to the food ... lol Of those critters I get nothing but I think it's nice to see all those birds :-) Very nice week.

Wonderful shots. I love the shot with all the cardinals and some other birds I spot. The male cardinals always look like winter flowers to me. This looks like a fun meme that you started. If I wasn't already doing so many other ones I would participate.

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
I love traveling and seeing new places. I blog just for fun & take photos just for fun. I do not sell my photos but if you see one you want to use one just let me know.

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